Car-coupling



(No Model.)

'W. TREEDQ OAR COUPLING.

Patented Nov. 2, 1886.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLARD V. REED, OF

'LOWVILLE, NEW YORK.

CAR-COUPLING.

fiPE-CIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,794, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed September 15, 1886. Serial So. 213,598. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLARD V. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowville, in the county of Lewis and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part. of this specification. Like letters refer to similar out the several views.

This invention relatesto car-couplings; and

the novelty consists in the peculiar combinations and the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more .fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to said drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a car-coupling constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig, 2 is a sideelevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 visa top plan with the cap removed. Fig. 4 is a reverse plan of the cap.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents the draw-head,provided with mouth a, as is usual. Within the mouth of the drawhead is a spring, B, secured as shown, with its free end extending into the draw-head" and inclined downward from its point of attachment to serve as a guide to the coupling-link,

the free end of the spring bearing upon the.

inner end of the link and serving to keep it at all times in a horizontal position.

O is a rock-shaft suitably journaled in the draw-head'and extending beyond both sides of the car, and is designed to be provided upon each end with a crank or other suitable means (not shown) for imparting motion to said rockrshaft.

tical bar E, which works in a slot or other suitable guides in the draw-head A. V F is an arm secured to the rock-shaft at on parts through-- D is a plate centrally secured upon the ver-' end, and at its other end pivotedly connected to the arm 9, which is connected with the 50 plate D, as shown. The end of this plate opposite to that to which the arm 9 is connected is formed with an open-ended slot, 0, and the top of the plate along the line of the slot is recesscc'has shown at d, the inner end of the recess being preferably curved, as shown.

The draw-head. is provided with a vertical opening, e, for the reception of the couplingpin H, and the inner end of the spring Bis provided with a hole, f, connected with said opening 6 for a like purpose. The head of the coupling-pin H is of the form of atruncated arrow head, the shoulders g resting upon the bottom of the recess (1 in the plate D.

I is a cap removably secured upon the top of the plate D. This cap is recessed upon its under face, as shown in Fig. 4, and upon one side of said recess is pivoted a dog, j, formed with a shoulder, j, the pivot of said dog being extended and engaging a hole, h, in the top of the plate D, and serving to prevent displacement of the cap.

K is a spring secured in a recess, is, in the cap, and bearing against the tail end of the dog, and serves to press the head of the dog 75 inward, so that its shoulder-j shall engage the flat side of the head of the pin and prevent its turning.

In operation the coupling pin is placed within the vertical opening 6, its head being retained within the slot 0. The rock-shaft is turned, thus raising the plate 61 and carrying with it the coupling-pin,which is thus released from the draw-head, and the entrance is free for the reception of the coupling-link. After the coupling-link has been inserted within the mouth of the draw-head, the rock-shaft is turned and the coupling-pin thus reseated within the draw-head,where it passes through the coupling-link and secures the same in place. 0

Having thus described my invention,what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

- 1. The combinatiomwith the draw-head, of the vertical bar E, working in' guides there- 5 in, the plate D, carried by said bar, thecoupling-pin carried by said plate, and means for In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in raising and lowering said plate, substantially presence of two Witnesses. as described 1 2. The combinatiomwith thedraw-head and WILLARD V. REED. 5 the vertically-moving plate D, of the coupling-pin and a cap on said plate provided Witnesses: with a (log to engage the head of the pin, sub- FRANK G. DOIG, stantially as described. GEO. GARDINER. 

